Here is the lecture that is making a little stir by Phil Johnson called "Sound Doctrine; Sound Words". He gave this at the 2009 Shepherd's Conference. While this lecture does touch on certain pro...
Here is the lecture that is making a little stir by Phil Johnson called "Sound Doctrine; Sound Words". He gave this at the 2009 Shepherd's Conference. While this lecture does touch on certain problems in evangelicalism naming them specifically, that's not the reason this lecture has impressed upon me so much although I do agree with him that all of the examples he provided have no place in church. What made this so important to me was the exegesis he offered as to why not only sound doctrine but also sound speech, behavior, etc. is taken on by him and many others (including the Apostle Paul as Phil demonstrates) as something that should not be taken lightly in regard to ourselves, our relationship to others and, our relationship to God. Before this, I knew that the Scriptures tell us to have standards to conduct ourselves by as servants of God, but I had never heard it delivered in such a concise and lucid way as Phil has here. That's the main reason I asked Phil if I could post it here and share it with the rest of you. I believe that this lecture is one of the utmost importance especially considering the rise of immaturity that has arisen as of late in the name of "evangelicalism", "contextualization", and "missional outreach". Listening to this in its entirety well worth an hour spent. It provides a good basis for arguing that right doctrine isn't always the only thing that is needed in the life of the Christian. After all, Satan and his demons have the doctrines down, and angels of light have their "statements of faith" lined up with Scripture, too.
Thanks to Phil Johnson for allowing me to post this here.
You can read his blog, and keep up with the follow up posts he's made about this lecture here:
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The reality is that America is being destroyed by sexual sin of all kinds. We need to talk about these things and we need to contextualize it.
Evangelicalism has traditionally seen sex as "dirty". In the context of marriage, it's a great thing, nothing to be ashamed, and it needs to be talked about. I.e. we need pastors to talk to men about masturbating b/c it's sin